Star Ghana international Sherifatu Sumaila struck for two goals, the equalizer and the go-ahead hit in the 77th minute, to lead Feather River to a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Butte at Cowan Soccer Field, finally breaking through in the second half after an hour of clearly dominant play that had the Golden Eagles somehow trailing 2-1 at halftime.

"We knew she could beat every player they put against her. We saw that the whole first half," Feather River coach Don Williams said. "We said, 'Let's continue to play on that side and take advantage of that.'"

The pacy wing, who repeatedly burned Butte fullbacks down her right sideline and who created ample room to roam and create chances, was finally rewarded for her obvious skill — she was an integral part of the 2012 Ghana Under-17 World Cup team, after all — when she beat her defender, wove her way to the corner of the box and fired home to make it 2-2 in the 51st minute.

The Roadrunners (6-7-5, 2-2-5 GVC) had held a 2-1 lead before that. After FRC's Hillary Wall booted in a cross from out wide just 5 minutes in, Butte got on the board when the Golden Eagles (13-3-2, 7-1-1) tried to play back to the goalkeeper and it inexplicably rolled under Stacey Cavill's foot and into the net for an own goal in the 14th minute. Five minutes later, Cynthia Ramirez ripped a shot off a cross from Crystal Torres, reasonably hard but straight at Cavill. Nonetheless, it glanced off the keeper's hands and popped over the line, and Cavill's day was done.

Her replacement, Charlotte Blackwell, didn't have much to worry about in the second half, when the Golden Eagles decided to force the issue to Sumaila's side. Butte, with four in the back, rolled Lauren LeDuc that way to help, but the Roadrunners were undone by that bit of strategy in the 77th minute. Josefin Leberger laced a golden through ball on the ground to the feet of Sumaila, making a run to the inside, and the winger who leads the Golden Eagles in assists knew better this time than to be unselfish, striking for the winner.

"We had to get goals back and I knew I had to take shots," said Sumaila, who drew the ire of Williams from the bench several times in the first half when she opted to cross instead of having a go at goal when it appeared she had chances. "In the first half, I didn't take my shots, but in the second half, I knew I had to."

The match's final 15 minutes, unlike the first 75, was a show of pure Feather River possession domination and keep-away as Butte frantically tried to salvage a draw. The Golden Eagles burned off a healthy four-minute chunk on the Roadrunner end line, leaving only one desperate ball through the air as anything resembling a comeback opportunity. Georgia Gregory nearly got on the end of a Serena Reynolds boot, but had to peel off as Blackwell calmly picked it out of the air. It finished off a second half that saw the visitors just as calmly wrest away control of the match's tempo, before then hijacking the match itself. Feather River out-shot Butte 12-4 on the afternoon, with just one Roadrunner attempt on goal in the second half.

"It should have been 3-0, shouldn't it have?" Williams pondered. "Just a couple mistakes in goal that we had to adjust to, but we were ready and we did."